Chapter 11 The eleventh round of the high tower into the cloud alliance Jiuding quick move like a double eagle on the electric display

Qianlong starved for two days and two nights at the top of Liuhe Pagoda, and was frightened and angry for two days and two nights. He was exhausted physically and mentally, and was very tired.In the morning of the third day, he suddenly saw a little bookboy approaching the room and said, "Master, please come and talk to Master Dongfang." Qianlong recognized him as Chen Jialuo's bookboy Xinyan, and was overjoyed, and hurriedly followed him to the next floor . As soon as he entered, Chen Jialuo greeted him with a smile all over his face, and bowed first.Qianlong returned a bow and walked into the room.Xinyan offers tea.Chen Jialuo said: "Hurry up and bring some dim sum." Xin Yan held onto a tea tray, on which there was a plate of soup buns, a plate of crab powder siu mai, a plate of fried spring rolls, a plate of shrimp sesame rolls, and a bowl of shredded ham and chicken with water shield and lotus leaves The soup, before the plate arrived, was already fragrant.Xinyan put down two pairs of cups and chopsticks, and sifted the wine.

Chen Jialuo said: "I'm going to visit a friend's injury, so please forgive me." Qianlong said: "It's easy to say, easy to say." Chen Jialuo said: "Please be rough first, I have something to ask for advice. "Qianlong was so hungry that his belly was stuck to his vest.He has always been physically strong and eats a lot. How can he endure without eating for two days and two nights?Seeing that Chen Jialuo ate a soup dumpling with his chopsticks first, he immediately lowered the chopsticks like flying, ten times faster than writing a poem. In an instant, he ate all four plates of dim sum, and drank the soup like "the bottom of the bowl is up to the sky".Chen Jialuo only ate one piece of dim sum from each plate. After taking a sip of the soup, he put down his chopsticks. Seeing that he was eating deliciously, he just smiled.After eating the snacks, Qianlong felt unspeakably comfortable. He picked up the teacup, looked at the green Longjing fine tea in the cup, and sipped slowly.Chen Jialuo pushed the door open and said: "They are all guarding below. There is no way for us to talk properly here, and there will never be a third person to hear it."

Qianlong raised his face, and said in a low voice: "You kidnapped me here, what are you going to do?" Chen Jialuo took two steps forward and looked at his face.Qianlong only felt that his eyes were like lightning, as if he was looking straight into his heart, he couldn't help turning his head away slowly, after a while, he heard Chen Jialuo say: "Brother, don't you recognize me to this day?" The voice of this sentence was soft and earnest, it penetrated into Qianlong's ears, but it was like a thunderbolt from the clear sky, he jumped up suddenly, and said in a trembling voice: "You...you...what did you say?"

With a sincere expression on his face, Chen Jialuo slowly reached out to hold his hand, and said, "We are brothers and flesh and blood. Brother, you don't need to hide it anymore, I know everything." Ever since Wen Tailai was rescued, Qianlong knew that this big secret could no longer be kept.But when Chen Jialuo suddenly called himself "Brother", he couldn't help being shocked, and immediately became powerless and paralyzed in the chair. Chen Jialuo said: "You went to Haining to visit graves, built seawalls on a large scale, and sealed your parents as tide gods and tide god empresses. I know you have not forgotten your roots. You take a look in this mirror." When a thread is pulled, the frame is rolled up, revealing a large mirror.

Qianlong stood up and saw in the mirror that he was dressed in a Han costume, with no trace of a Manchurian on his face, and then looked at Chen Jialuo standing beside him. The two were different in age, but their appearance was quite alike. He sighed. Exhausted, go back to the chair.Chen Jialuo said: "Brother, we brothers didn't know each other before, so we used knives and guns to kill each other. Parents must be very sad. Fortunately, everyone was not injured and did not do anything irreparable. .” Qianlong felt that his throat was dry and his tongue was dry, his heart was pounding, and he couldn't stop beating. After a long while, he said, "I originally asked you to go to Beijing to do business, but you refused to go." Seeing Chen Jialuo turning around and looking at the river , Without answering, he continued: "I have checked, and I know that you have passed the rural examination, that is very good. With your talent and learning, you will pass the palace examination and you must pass the high school. In the future, governors, ministers, and bachelors will not promote you. The reason? This is of great benefit to the family and the country, to you and to me, why bother to be unfaithful and unfilial, and do such a rebellious thing."

Chen Jialuo turned around suddenly, and said, "Brother, I didn't say you were disloyal or filial, or that you were treasonous, but you mentioned me instead." Qianlong let out a "huh" and said: "A minister is loyal to the king, and treason is treason. Since you are already a king, how can you say you are unfaithful?" Chen Jialuo said: "You are obviously a Han, but you have surrendered to the barbarians. Is this loyalty? When your parents were alive, you didn't serve them well, and when your father was in the court, you knelt down to you every day. How can you feel at ease? Filial piety?" Sweat dripped out of Qianlong's head one by one, and he said in a low voice, "I didn't know. I just heard that Yu Wanting, the late leader of your Red Flower Society, came to the palace this spring. Now, I am still skeptical. But as a son of man, I would rather believe in what I have than in what I don’t have. To believe wrong is nothing but foolishness, otherwise it is unfilial. So I came to Haining to offer sacrifices to the tomb.”

In fact, Yu Wanting and Wen Tailai entered the palace in the spring of this year, and handed a letter from Mrs. Chen to Qianlong. Qianlong already believed 90% of it.After Yu Wanting left, he passed on the nurse Liao Shi who was breastfeeding back then, secretly investigated, and learned more details. It turned out that on August 13th in the fiftieth year of Kangxi, Niu Hulu, the concubine of the fourth son of the emperor Yinzhen, gave birth to a daughter. Soon after hearing that the wife of the minister Chen Shiguan gave birth on the same day, he ordered someone to carry the baby into the mansion to watch.Unexpectedly, what was carried in was a son, but what was carried out was a daughter.Knowing that the fourth son of the emperor had lost his bag, Chen Shiguan was terrified and dared not reveal a word.

At that time, the sons of Kangxi were vying for the heir to the throne, fighting openly and secretly, doing everything they could to win over ministers and scheming for buddies.Yinzhen knows that his father's mind is difficult to decide at this time. The crown prince has already established his second brother Yinreng, but his father has long wanted to abolish him. Evenly matched.When the emperor chooses the crown prince, he not only has to compare the talents of the princes, but also thinks of the sons of the princes. It is important to know that establishing a crown prince is a long-term strategy. After the prince dies, the emperor's grandson is the emperor.Yinzhen's firstborn son, Honghui Zaotian, and the remaining son, Hongshi, looks wretched and is not liked by his grandfather, and he has never had smallpox.Smallpox was prevalent at that time, and children who contracted it, five out of ten died, and Yinzhen's son had not had smallpox, which meant he had no son.Looking forward to having another son, who knows that the next son will be difficult to deliver, and will die immediately at birth.Niu Hulu, Yinzhen's side concubine, soon became pregnant. The couple prayed to God and worshiped Buddha, hoping to have a son, but they gave birth to a daughter.Yinzhen desperately wanted to be emperor, and it happened that Chen Shiguan gave birth to a son with red lips, fair face, and pretty eyes, so he forced another one.Yinzhen is the most ruthless among the princes, how can Chen Shiguan dare to speak out?

The exchanged child was named Hongli, who was named Prince Bao during Kangxi, and later Qianlong.He was clever and brave since he was a child, and he could recite "Ai Lian Shuo" at the age of six. When he was nine years old, he encountered an incident that made Kangxi very fond of it. This year, Hongli followed his grandfather to Rehe to hunt. The guards drove a big black bear out of the mountains and rushed to Kangxi.Kangxi raised his musket and shot the black bear on the head, causing the bear to fall to the ground.When Kangxi fired the gun, Hongli rode a pony, raised the musket, and was eager to try beside his grandfather. He was not afraid at all when he saw the huge black bear.Kangxi was amused and said, "Go and shoot it." Kangxi cherished his grandson and asked him to shoot it. Even if he killed it, in the future, Hongli killed the bear at the age of nine, which can boast to the officials.Hongli got off his horse and walked up to the black bear, shouting: "I'll kill you, I'll kill you!" He fired a shot at the black bear's belly, and all the guards cheered in unison, and Kangxi also smiled with his beard.Hongli turned around and came back, just about to get on his horse, but he didn't know that the black bear was not completely dead, when he stood up suddenly, and rushed towards Kangxi's horse viciously.The guards were shocked and fired several shots at him, killing him.Kangxi was full of surprises, and said to the guards: "This child is really lucky. If the bear stood up when he was in front of the black bear, would he still be alive?"

From then on, Kangxi believed that Hongli had a great fortune and destiny, and he was the most favored among all his grandchildren because he was both civil and military.Yinzhen's ability to become emperor later was due to the power of this fake son.Therefore, during the reign of Yongzheng, the Chen family in Haining was very honored and favored. Yongzheng came here to repay, and secondly, to win over, so as to prevent the Chen family from having resentment and revealing this big secret. As for the daughter who was transferred to the Chen family, she was originally a princess and later married Jiang Pu of Changshu.Jiang Pu's father, Jiang Tingxi, served as the servant of the household department in the early years of Yongzheng, while Chen Shiguan was the governor of Shandong at that time. The two made great contributions to water control together.Both Chen and Jiang later joined the cabinet.Jiang Pu became a scholar from the Minister of the Ministry of Households, the Minister of Rites, and the Minister of Officials. At the end of the Qianlong Dynasty, Jiang's family continued to be favored.According to the legend of the elders in Changshu, the building where Mrs. Jiang Puchen lived is called "Princess Building" locally, and the remains are still there.

When Qianlong was first carried into the residence of Prince Yong (Title Yinzhen), he kept crying and refused to nurse.Yinzhen's side concubine Niu Hulu had no choice but to summon the Chen family's nanny Liao who used to nurse Qianlong to the mansion, and Qianlong stopped crying and nursing.But after many years, Qianlong suddenly asked about it. Liao was not willing to tell, but he knew the details and could not hide any more because of his family style.Liao was over 60 years old at this time, Qianlong sent people to hang her that night to prevent her from revealing her secrets.
When Qianlong said these words, he thought of the work of the Liao family, and felt quite guilty. Chen Jialuo said: "See for yourself, how do you look like a banner man? What else is there to worry about?" Qianlong was silent.Chen Jialuo said: "You are a Han, and the splendid country of the Han fell into the hands of the Hulu, but you became the brains of the Hulu, and led them to oppress our descendants of the Yellow Emperor. Isn't this disloyal, filial, and treasonous?" Qianlong had no words to answer, and said proudly: "I have fallen into your hands today anyway. If you want to kill me, kill me, why bother talking." How can I break my oath? What's more, now that I know you are my real brother, when brothers meet, it's too late to get close, how can there be any reason to harm each other?" As he spoke, he couldn't help but burst into tears. Qianlong said: "Then what do you want from me? Do you want to force me to abdicate?" Chen Jialuo wiped away his tears and said, "No, you are still your emperor, but you are not an unfaithful and filial emperor, but a benevolent, filial, and wise emperor." The lord who opened the leap.” Qianlong wondered: “The lord who founded the country?” Chen Jialuo said: “Exactly, the emperor of the Han people, not the emperor of the Qing Dynasty.” When Qianlong heard this, he understood what he meant, and said: "You want me to drive them out of the customs?" Chen Jialuo said: "Yes, you are the same emperor, instead of being a thief and a father, and being scolded by future generations, why don't you work hard and show your strength? Is it not easy to establish a thousand generations?" Qianlong was originally a man of great success, and after hearing these few words, he couldn't help but feel moved.Chen Jialuo judged by appearance, knew that his own words had worked, and continued: "You are the emperor now, but you are just inheriting the shadow of your ancestors. What's so strange? Look at this man." Qianlong walked to the window, looked down along his fingers, and saw a farmer wielding a hoe at the edge of the field in the distance.Chen Jialuo said: "If this man was born in Prince Yong's mansion and you were born in a peasant family, then he is the emperor, but you have to hoe the fields." Thinking over Chen Jialuo's words carefully, he couldn't help feeling relieved.Chen Jialuo said again: "When a man is born in the world, a hundred years will pass by in a flash. If he does not make a contribution, he will decay with the grass and trees in a blink of an eye. Emperors throughout the ages, such as Han Gaozu, Tang Taizong, and Ming Taizu, are real heroes. The Yuan people were like Genghis Khan, and the Qing people were like Taizu Nurhachi and Taizong Huang Taiji. People like Han Xiandi, Song Huizong, and Ming Chongzhen, even if they were not kings who subjugated their country, what is the point of being mediocre? " Every sentence of these words broke into Qianlong's heart.Knowing that he was a Han Chinese, he wanted to order the palace to change to Han Chinese clothes several times, but was stopped by the Queen Mother and Manchurian ministers.I thought that if I really follow Chen Jialuo's words, overthrow the Qing court, change the dynasty, and return the Han family to the world, I will be the founder of the Chen dynasty, and my achievements will be comparable to Liu Bang and Li Shimin.
He was about to answer the conversation, when he suddenly heard a dog barking in the distance, and saw Chen Jialuo raised his eyebrows slightly, turned around and looked out, and hurriedly looked out the window.I saw four extremely large mastiffs rushing towards the Liuhe Pagoda, followed by two people. In a blink of an eye, the two and four dogs had rushed to the foot of the tower, and they faintly heard someone shouting and asking.The Pagoda of Six Harmonies was thirteen stories high. Qianlong and Chen Jialuo were on the twelfth floor at this time, far away from the bottom of the pagoda, and couldn't hear the words below.I saw two people and four dogs rushing into the tower, suddenly the four mastiffs turned around and ran away, Meng Jianxiong chased out with a slingshot in his hand, a burst of bullets beat the four dogs barking wildly. Chen Jialuo was wondering to himself, he didn't know how two people and four dogs were supposed to do, suddenly he saw a person jumping out from the tower, his movement was extremely fast, he snatched Meng Jianxiong's bow between his hands, and his left palm fell towards his neck.Meng Jianxiong didn't dodge it for a moment, and when he hurriedly raised his hand to block, he was stabbed in the waist with the end of a slingshot by the man, which hit the acupuncture point, bent over and fell.The man went straight into the tower without looking back.As soon as this person entered the gate of the pagoda, a person was thrown out from the pagoda, and fell to the ground on his back, motionless, but it was An Jiangang.Ma Shanjun and Ma Dating, the father and son in the tower, were heard whistle loudly and called the police again and again. Qianlong was overjoyed when he saw rescue coming.Chen Jialuo looked around and saw no movement anywhere, knowing that there were only two people coming to attack, Ma's father and son raised the alarm at this time, thinking that the enemy moved too fast, and when he found out, the enemy had already entered the tower.These two people are so vigorous, they must be masters among the Ouchi guards, it seems that they are better than Bai Zhenshang with the golden hook and iron palm. The four mastiffs turned back again, and jumped into the tower again, only to hear the scolding of the woman, the yelling of the boy, and the barking of the mastiffs. It was Zhou Qi and Xin Yan who guarded the second floor were dealing with the mastiffs.Suddenly there were two screams, and two weapons were thrown from the window on the second floor, one was a single sword and the other was a soft whip.Chen Jialuo recognized that it was used by Zhou Qi and Xinyan, and thought it was taken away by the enemy and thrown down. He didn't know if the two were in danger, and he was very worried. Qianlong saw that Chen Jialuo had a calm expression on his face, but suddenly his face turned bright, and he knew it.His subordinates had gained the upper hand, and they were secretly happy, when they suddenly saw him smiling, and hurriedly looked down.I saw a big man waving a big iron paddle and knocking four mastiffs out of the tower.Zhou Qi and Xinyan rushed out to help Meng Jianxiong and An Jiangang go in.The four mastiffs are fierce and vicious, just like four leopards.A mastiff's hind legs were broken by the iron oars, and it didn't retreat, and it still jumped and bit. Jiang Sigen was surrounded by four dogs, and he was a little flustered. Xinyan ran out of the tower again, waving his hands repeatedly, and more than a dozen bricks beat the mastiff barking.Jiang Sigen took the opportunity to hit a mastiff on the rear with a paddle, throwing it straight out.Zhou Qi also ran out of the tower to shout and cheer, seeing that the four dogs were about to be beaten to death by Jiang Sigen and Xinyan.Suddenly someone poked his head out from the window on the sixth floor, pursed his lips and whistled, the sound was very strange.When the four dogs heard it, they immediately turned around and ran out.Zhou Qi and Xinyan picked up their weapons and stood under the tower to defend, fearing that there would be another enemy to attack. Seeing the enemy commanding the mastiff in the window on the sixth floor, Chen Jialuo thought: "Then the twelfth brother on the fourth floor, the ninth brother on the fifth floor, and the starling on the sixth floor didn't stop them..." Thinking of this, secretly Called: "Not good." The enemy's martial arts are very strong, and the two of them work together. One person on each floor of our side will definitely not be able to stop them. Just about to order four people to intercept them on the ninth floor, suddenly a person jumped out of the window on the seventh floor , it was Xu Tianhong.Just as he jumped out of the window, a person behind him jumped out and grabbed his left foot.Chen Jialuo was taken aback. He was about to throw the three Go pieces in his hand when he suddenly heard Xu Tianhong yelling: "Shoot the dart!" He swung his right hand, and the enemy shrank his head to dodge, but no hidden weapon came. Xu Tianhong took the opportunity to break free from his left shoe , has stood on the corner of the pagoda. At this moment, the distance was close, and he could clearly see that the enemy was shorter than Xu Tianhong, dressed in gray and with white hair, he was actually an elderly woman.With a single sword in her back, her hands were empty, she jumped up in the air, and grabbed it again.Xu Tianhong didn't have a sword in his right hand, and he thought he had already been beaten off by the enemy. He used an iron crutch in his left hand to block him in front of his chest, and shouted: "Shoot the dart!" The old woman scolded: "Monkey boy, don't try to lie again Your grandma!" She pinched her hand to snatch the crutch.Unexpectedly, Xu Tianhong's trick was not false this time, he had already lifted the tiles from the top of the tower and threw them violently.The old woman couldn't dodge it in time, she slapped her face, smashing the tiles and flying them in all directions.The Chang's twin heroes guarding the eighth floor seemed to have been entangled by another person, and they never came out to help.Xu Tianhong's martial arts were far inferior to that old woman's, he fought several moves, encountered dangerous situations repeatedly, he struck eastward and westward, and supported a few more moves. Zhou Qi raised her head and looked up at Xu Tianhong fighting the old woman on the corner of the tower. Seeing that she was invincible, she was very anxious and shouted: "Father, father! Hurry up!" Zhou Zhongying guarded on the tenth floor, he also saw two apprentices were knocked down by the enemy, and his adopted son was in danger, so he leaned out of the window and shouted: "Who is playing wild here?" Two iron gallbladders were thrown at the old woman one after the other. go.Before the iron gallbladder arrived, the old woman suddenly flew straight down, pressed the palm of her left hand on the tile, turned over a somersault and stopped on the sixth floor, only to hear tinkling noises, sleeve arrows, iron lotus seeds, Steel darts, back crossbows, and a large number of hidden weapons fell on the top of the tower on the eighth floor, but Zhao Banshan, who was guarding the ninth floor, released it to help Xu Tianhong. Zhou Zhongying was so brave that he slammed it into nothing, and broke the wooden eaves at the corner of the tower with two slaps.Xu Tianhong leaned over to grab one, and the other was spinning around in the tile ditch at Tajiao.Zhou Zhongying jumped down to pick it up, but his feet were not firmly established, when suddenly a gust of palm wind hit his chest. His body was in the air, he couldn't dodge it, the palm wind was coming fiercely, if he made a move to block, Xuankong couldn't use his strength, he would be pushed down the tower by the enemy, and he would fall to pieces.In a crisis, he drew out his golden-backed broadsword and stood in front of him, and rushed towards the enemy with his body, desperately receiving his palm, and both sides were injured. Seeing Zhou Zhongying rushing towards him, the enemy stepped aside and grabbed his wrist with his left hand.Seeing his quick and ruthless moves, Zhou Zhongying didn't feel "Huh", secretly startled: "This man is Huai?" He immediately jumped away, and saw that the Chang's twin heroes had jumped out of the window, fighting with that man.The man was very tall and tall, Chang's Shuangxia was thin and long, but this person was taller than Shuangxia, with a hooked nose, a face as red as cinnabar, and the top of his head was so bald that there was no hair left.Zhou Zhongying saw that this man was majestic and his martial arts were surprisingly good, he thought to himself: "This man is so good, why is he willing to be a lackey of the Qing court?" The bald old man's palms were like the wind, and he was extremely fast. The Chang brothers jumped back and forth on the tower, attacking one with two.Zhou Zhongying was surprised when he saw that although the Chang brothers could not win, they would not lose, and they did not need to go to help, but when they looked down, they were shocked. I saw the white-haired old woman on the sixth floor forcing Zhou Qi back again and again.Xu Tianhong yelled: "Sister Qi, back away." Zhou Qi listened to Xu Tianhong's words very much, turned around and left.The old woman didn't chase and was about to jump up, but Zhou Qi stopped and scolded: "Old woman, do you dare to chase me? I have an ambush here." The old woman pointed her feet and flew straight towards her like an arrow. .Zhou Qi was terrified, turned around and fled. Zhou Zhongying's right hand sent out iron courage, and flew towards the back of the old woman's heart.The old woman was able to catch up with Zhou Qi, and was about to reach out to grab her back, when she suddenly heard the fierce sound of a hidden weapon behind her, she didn't dare to reach out to catch it, and even if she used the trick of "fishing alone in the cold river" in lightness kung fu, her body hurt With a setback outward, the whole body hangs outside the tower, only hooking the cornice of the tower corner with the left foot.With a loud bang, the iron gallbladder hit the top of the tower, causing sparks to fly and fragments of bricks and tiles flying everywhere. The old woman avoided Tie Dan and chased Zhou Qi again.Zhou Zhongying jumped down to the sixth floor, crossing the path with his knife. At that time, Zhou Qi had fled behind the pagoda, and the two of them fled and chased, circling the pagoda.After Zhou Qi got engaged to Xu Tianhong, she thought that her husband was a well-known smart man, and if she was blindly reckless, she was afraid that he would look down on her, so she was no longer as self-willed as before.This time when Xu Tianhong told her to retreat, she fought and fled, stalling for time with the enemy.Just as Zhou Zhongying stood up, she saw her daughter coming out from behind the tower, but the old woman was still chasing her with her bare hands.But there was another person following behind the old woman, squatting with double hooks, stabbing at her back, but always missed by a foot. Watching him go forward bravely to rescue Zhou Qi, it was Wei Chunhua, the leopard of Nine Lives. At this time, Yang Chengxie, Shi Shuangying, etc. also rushed up from the lower level. Zhou Zhongying went up to grab Zhou Qi, and the golden sword was whistling, and he chopped twice in a row.The old woman saw that his saber skills were amazing, she didn't dare to underestimate the enemy, she stepped back three steps, and was about to draw her sword, when suddenly the bald old man shouted from above: "I'll go up to the top of the tower to attack, you attack from below!" Ruo Hongzhong, send him down. After hearing this, the old woman stopped fighting with the crowd, flew up, and swiped her left hand on the corner of the tower on the seventh floor, taking advantage of the momentum to climb up to the eighth floor.There is no one blocking this floor, and still use this method to turn to the ninth floor.When she came up from below, she knew that the martial arts of the guards on each floor were higher than those on the next floor. Although she avoided Zhou Zhongying's double strikes, she knew that he was a Shaolin master, fighting on flat ground, not weaker than herself.Fearing that there might be a more powerful enemy above, he held his breath, concentrated his attention, put his sword up first, tied the flowers to protect the roof, suddenly felt his hand tremble, the long sword was already stuck by the enemy's blade, and he was almost out of his hand. The old woman knew that she had encountered a strong enemy again, so she took advantage of the momentum and stabbed forward with her long sword to remove the opponent's sticking force.Not daring to go straight up, he ran three steps diagonally to the left, then turned around and galloped to the right, jumping up to the tenth floor, where the cold wind blows, the sword blade stabs head-on. The old woman used offense as defense, and the three sword moves all attacked the opponent's vital points.The enemy uses the three moves of "Yunhui Sanwu" in the Taiji Sword to unlock it.The old woman saw that he lifted the weight as if it were light when he deflected, and won the internal swordsmanship samadhi, so she jumped two steps away without waiting for the opponent to fight back.When looking at the enemy, he saw a fat middle-aged man with a bushy mustache on his upper lip and slightly mottled hair on his temples. He held the sword formula with his left hand, stared intently, and did not chase after him.The old woman shouted: "You have good kung fu, what a pity, what a pity." That person was Zhao Banshan, the Tathagata with Thousand Hands, and he was amazed to see the swiftness of this white-haired old woman.The two men raised their swords and fought together again. Seeing the two attacking all the way, Qianlong was secretly happy.But seeing Chen Jialuo's leisurely demeanor, he didn't take it seriously, instead he dragged a chair to the window and sat down to watch the battle, thinking that there were only two people who came to rescue me, and they couldn't beat the crowd of Honghuahui.Just as he was worrying about his gains and losses, he suddenly heard the sound of dogs barking in the distance, and the sound of shouting and galloping horses. At the sound of footsteps on the ladder, Xinyan rushed upstairs and reported to Chen Jialuo with the red flower club: "The leader who is patrolling outside the tower is here to report that more than two thousand Qing soldiers are coming here, facing the Liuhe Pagoda. .” Chen Jialuo nodded, and Xinyan ran down the tower again.Qianlong didn't understand Xinyan's work, so seeing his nervous expression, he knew that it must be bad news for them.Looking far away, the maple leaves are like fire, and suddenly the white flag flutters in the forest, with the word "Li" written on the flag.Qianlong was overjoyed, knowing that Li Kexiu led troops to rescue him. Chen Jialuo leaned over the window and shouted: "Brother Ma, retreat to the tower and prepare your bow and arrow!" Ma Shanjun agreed under the tower. As soon as Chen Jialuo finished shouting, he suddenly saw the bald, red-faced old man jumping straight up, followed by the Chang Clan Heroes and Zhou Zhongying.The old man circled the tower, and when he was closely pursued, he turned around and took a few moves, found a gap, and jumped to another floor.On the other side, Zhao Banshan and the old woman were fighting to a close, and the old man had jumped up to the twelfth floor.Chang Hezhi saw that he was approaching violently, the twelfth floor was where Qianlong was imprisoned, he stopped chasing him, took out flying claws from his waist, shook them away in the wind, stood outside the window, Chang Bozhi raised his palms obliquely, and grabbed him Two steps ahead.The two brothers set up a formation, flying to attack from a distance, and attacking with fleshy palms, both of them blocked the window.The old man knew that Chang's twin heroes were powerful, so he didn't come over and went straight to the top of the tower.Zhou Zhongying couldn't catch up and jumped into the tower through the window.Qianlong was surprised to see him jumping in with a knife, but saw him running to the steps leading down from the top of the tower to wait for the enemy with his knife. Zhao Banshan and the old woman fought and refused to advance or retreat. They were evenly matched, and they unleashed more than a hundred moves in an instant.The old woman's swordsmanship is extremely fast, Zhao Banshan unfolded the Tai Chi sword, and also struck fast with it, secretly marveling in his heart: "This person has white hair like silver, and she is a girl, why can't she beat her?" To win, did you know that the old woman pressed so hard, she lost her mind slightly, her left sleeve was cut by her long sword, even though it didn't hurt the skin, but it was still frightening. Xu Tianhong, Yang Chengxie, Wei Chunhua, Shi Shuangying and Zhou Qi held weapons in their hands and watched Zhao Banshan and the old woman fight fiercely. Jian was taken aback.With a swing of Wei Chunhua's double hooks, he wanted to rush to help.Zhao Banshan's sword "Li Guang shoots the stone", forced the old woman to take a step back, and suddenly jumped away, saying: "The old lady is really clever, please go up." Wei Chunhua stopped in shock. Zhao Banshan got a sword in his sleeve and no longer wanted to fight. He thought to himself: "Brother Lu Feiqing has been guarding the eleventh floor. He has been separated for more than ten years. I think his martial arts will definitely improve and he will be able to control this old woman. All the brothers admire him. Yuntian Gao Yi, but I have never seen his superb swordsmanship." He let the old woman go up, intending to let his good friend Lu Feiqing show his face and become famous, otherwise he would cut his sleeves and fight again, but he might not lose. Seeing that he retreated modestly, the old woman raised her sword and bowed, saying: "Good swordsmanship!" She jumped straight up.Zhou Qi called out: "Uncle Zhao, you didn't lose, why are you being so polite?" Zhao Banshan smiled slightly and said, "Her swordsmanship is excellent, let's go and see Uncle Lu's Wudang School Kungfu. Hey, Miss Zhou, you Why are you so polite, calling me Third Uncle? Seventh Brother can call me Third Brother." Zhou Qi blushed and said, "I only call him Daddy." Yang Chengxie smiled and said, "Then do you call him Seventh Uncle?" Point to Xu Tianhong.Zhou Qi said: "Bah, what does he think?" Everyone knew that there were many people on their side, and although the enemy's martial arts were superb, there was nothing they could do by themselves, so they ran up the tower laughing and joking.There was no one on the ninth and twelfth floors. When they rushed to the eleventh floor, they only knew that Lu Feiqing was fighting swords with the old woman, but there was no one in the empty room. Everyone was taken aback, and hurried up again, and when they were about to enter the room, they could already hear the clash of swords and swords.As soon as he entered the door, he saw Zhou Zhongying wielding a golden-backed broadsword, fighting fiercely with the white-haired old woman.Chen Jialuo dragged Qianlong to a corner and sat on the couch to watch the battle. As soon as Xu Dahong gestured, Yang Chengxie and Shi Shuangying guarded the window.Xu Tianhong shouted: "Throw down the weapon, and I will spare you!" Seeing that she was surrounded by heavy siege, the old woman was not afraid, so she counted and memorized the moves.Zhou Qi said: "This man's swordsmanship is very similar to that of a person, do you think so?" Xu Tianhong said: "Yes, I also find it strange." In front of the chest, stand against the wall.Zhou Zhongying slashed sharply with the saber, almost hitting the table, and hastily withdrew the saber.The old woman turned her head and shouted to Qianlong: "Are you the emperor?" Qianlong hurriedly said: "I am the emperor, I am the emperor, have the rescuers come?" The old woman jumped onto the table, suddenly raised her sword to her chest, and rushed towards him like a big bird. ", stabbing straight at Qianlong's chest, the sword is both fast and ruthless.The heroes only knew that she was Qianlong's subordinates who came to rescue her, but they didn't know that she was assassinated suddenly, which was unexpected, and everyone was stunned and at a loss. Although Chen Jialuo was standing beside Qianlong, the sword came too fast, and it was too late to block it. Immediately, he put his left hand and fingers together, and pointed at the old woman's key points.The point of the old woman's sword was about to touch Qianlong's chest, when she suddenly saw Chen Jialuo's finger attacking, and the left palm "Golden Dragon Exploring Claw", flicked from bottom to top, and then grabbed it out with her backhand.This is a powerful move in the Thirty-six Ways of Grasping, and it has the same effect as acupuncture. As long as Chen Jialuo's wrist veins are caught, his whole body will be paralyzed at that time.Just like that, the momentum of the sword in her right hand slowed down, Chen Jialuo had drawn out the dagger with her right hand, and rushed upwards, with a clang sound, sparks flew, and her left hand followed to counterattack the enemy's face.After this move, there is another leg immediately below, which is called "upper and lower hand sign".The old woman was proficient in boxing, when she saw him attacking with her left hand, she stretched out her left palm to grab it, her lower body dodged to the right, and the sword in her hand stabbed at the opponent's throat.Unexpectedly, every move of Chen Jialuo's "Hundred Flowers Wrong Fist" was unique, the old woman dodged to the right, and he kicked from the right. Fortunately, her long sword had already thrust out, and Chen Jialuo hadn't used his leg strength yet, and then Closing trend. Both of them became suspicious, once the danger was resolved, they each took two steps back.Chen Jialuo pulled Qianlong back to block him, cupped his hands and said, "May I ask the old lady Gao's surname?" At this time, the old woman was also asking.The voices of the two were mixed, and neither could hear the other clearly. Chen Jialuo stopped, and the old woman repeated the question just now: "Where did you get this dagger?" Chen Jialuo heard that she didn't ask anything else, and asked about the dagger first, which was unexpected, and replied: " It was given by a friend." The old woman asked again: "What friend? You are the emperor's bodyguard, how could she send you off? Who are you, the Tianchi strange man?" Chen Jialuo first answered her last question: "The Tianchi strange man is the mentor of the younger generation. ” He thought that the old woman who stabbed Qianlong with the sword must be someone of the same kind, and seeing that she was old and skilled in martial arts, he called herself a junior.The old woman gave a "hmm" and said, "That's it. Although your master is weird, he is an upright gentleman. Why do you disgrace your master and come to be a lackey of the Qing government?" Yang Chengxie couldn't bear it anymore, and shouted: "This is our boss Chen, don't talk nonsense." The old woman showed surprise and asked, "Are you from the Red Flower Society?" Yang Chengxie said: "That's right. .” The old woman turned to Chen Jialuo, and said in a sharp voice: "Have you surrendered to the Qing Dynasty?" Chen Jialuo said: "The Honghua Society is a chivalrous hero, how can it bend its knees to the Manqing? Please sit down, old lady, and let's talk slowly." The old woman He didn't sit down, his face softened, and he asked again: "Where did you get this dagger?" When Chen Jialuo saw her kung fu family, and heard her ask about the short sword again, he had already expected it, and said: "It was given by a friend who returned to the Ministry." At that time, it was quite unusual for men and women to give and receive things. Heroic man, open-minded, can't speak in front of everyone.The old woman asked again: "Do you know Cuiyu Huangshan?" Chen Jialuo nodded and replied: "Yes!" Seeing him hesitating, Zhou Qi couldn't help it anymore, and interjected: "Sister Huo Qingtong gave it to me. Do you know her too? Then we are a family!" The old woman said: "She is my apprentice. "Chen Jialuo saluted and said: "It turns out that the two seniors of Tianshan Shuangying have arrived. The juniors don't know it. How offensive." The old woman turned her body slightly, not accepting the ceremony, and asked solemnly: "Since you say we are a family, why do you help the emperor and not let me kill him?" Yang Chengxie and others were annoyed when they saw that Chen Jialuo was very respectful to her, but the old woman was arrogant.At this time, the Chang family's heroes had also jumped into the room from the window, and Chang Hezhi said: "We captured the emperor, and it's not your turn to kill him." Captured?" Chen Jialuo said: "Senior doesn't know, the emperor was indeed invited by us. We only regarded the two guards of the Qing palace, who came to rescue the emperor, so we intercepted them seven times along the way. The two seniors are really superb in martial arts, aren't we brothers The opponent failed to stop them, which led to a misunderstanding." In fact, the heroes of the Red Flower Society had already stopped the two of them, and everyone knew that his words were humble words. The old woman leaned out of the window suddenly and yelled loudly: "Master, come down." After a while, there was no answer, and suddenly there was a whoosh, and an arrow shot straight up from under the tower.The old woman grabbed the arrow tail with her left hand, turned around and threw it, the arrow stuck on the table, the arrow tail couldn't stop shaking, she shouted sharply: "No letter, why did you shoot the arrow in the back again?" Chen Jialuo said: "Senior, don't be angry. Brothers under the tower didn't know about it, so you offended them. Turn around and ask them to apologize." Walking to the window, he shouted: "It's your own, don't shoot the arrow!" Before the words were finished, another arrow was shot hit.At this time, Chen Jialuo could also see clearly that more than a thousand Qing soldiers below had surrounded the Liuhe Pagoda, bowed their bows and set up arrows, and when they saw someone poking their heads out of the window, they shot arrows up.Chen Jialuo said to Zhao Banshan: "Third brother, you go and send people to guard the tower gate, don't rush out to fight." Zhao Banshan went down in response. Zhou Zhongying said: "This is master Xuediao Guan, I have admired him for a long time." That old woman is Guan Mingmei, the snow sculpture, the wife of the bald old man Chen Zhengde. One is tall and the other is short, one is bald and the other is white-haired. People in the Jianghu are called the vulture snow sculpture, and they are collectively called Tianshan Double Eagles. Guan Mingmei nodded slightly after listening to Zhou Zhongying's words.Chen Jialuo said: "This is the old hero of Tiedan Zhuang Zhou." Guan Mingmei said: "Well, I have heard your name too." Speaking of this, he suddenly opened the door and shouted: "Master, come down quickly, you are here What are you doing?" She was speaking well, when she suddenly yelled, which startled everyone. Zhou Zhongying said: "Master Chen is fighting swords with Taoist Priest Wuchen, let's go and clarify the matter." Chen Jialuo winked at the Chang Clan Heroes.Shuangxia understood and went to Qianlong's side to guard.Chen Jialuo, Guan Mingmei and others ran seven steps to the thirteenth floor, but there was no sound of swords on the steps.All the heroes were a little bit worried, thinking that these two people have excellent martial arts skills and quick strikes, if two tigers fight, it is inevitable that one will be injured, if one of them misses, it will be a lifelong hatred.Guan Mingmei didn't care, knowing that her husband rarely met an opponent in his life, so he would never make a mistake. As soon as everyone arrived at the door of the room, they saw that the inner blade was dazzling, and the room was full of sword lights. Two figures were circling and dancing in the small room.Just as the heroes stood still, Wu Chen and Chen Zhengde had already undone more than ten moves.The two of them fought to the point of fierceness, their swordsmanship was as tight as each move, they would be retracted as soon as they were touched, and the two swords did not cross. Guan Mingmei was supposed to be the big one, but when she saw that the two had done dozens of tricks, her husband didn't take advantage of it at all, and she couldn't help but secretly startled: "How can there be such a character in the south of the Yangtze River?" Down. 陈家洛叫道：“道长，是自己人，请住手吧！”无尘举剑一封，退后一步。陈正德杀得性起，剑招连绵，剑锋不离敌手左右，无尘退后一步，他一剑“神驼骏足”刺了过去。无尘向左闪开，还了一剑。两人父交数招。关明梅叫道：“当家的，他们是红花会！” 陈正德一怔，说道：“是吗？”他势道微缓。高手斗剑，直无毫发之差，只听得嗤的一声，右边衣襟已被无尘一剑穿过，这还是无尘听了陈家洛的话后手下容情，否则这一剑当更为狠辣。 陈正德大怒，喝道：“好老道！”刷刷刷连环三剑。无尘一步不退，还了四剑。 两人又斗数十招。陈正德使出“三分剑术”中的绝招，虚虚实实，变幻莫测。无尘展开“追魂夺命剑法”，七十二路正变中包藏八十一路奇变。只见陈正德一剑“冰河开冻”，向无个右臂直劈下来。无尘向左侧让，陈正德长剑突然上撩，“夜半烽烟”，迅捷绝伦。哪知无尘没了左臂，这时反占便宵，喝道：“好剑法！”一剑“孟婆灌汤”，直刺敌喉。 陈正德这剑撩了个空，心头一惊：“老糊涂！他没左臂，我怎地使上了这招？”心念甫动，无尘长剑剑尖已指到咽喉。来剑势若电闪，陈正德再也不及闪让，败中求胜，举剑横削，眼见已不免两败俱伤。 众人大惊，呼叫声中，无尘突向右倒，将陈正德来袭之势让过，回剑接住来剑，只听当的一声，两剑颤动，声若龙吟，嗡嗡之音，良久不绝。 无尘右膝跪地，双剑交并，两人都不敢移动，各运内力，势均力敌，两柄纯钢的长剑相交处各生缺口，慢慢互相陷入。 陈家洛见情势危急，接过杨成协手中钢鞭，抢上前去要将两人隔开。刚跨出一步，只听得头顶一人哈哈长笑，叫道：“好剑法，好剑法！”语声方毕，人影下堕，铮的一声，无尘和陈正德双剑齐断。两人各向前蹿出数步，才收住势子，各持半截断剑，转过身来，只见一人笑吟吟地站在中间，手中长剑如一泓秋水。 无尘见从梁上跳下来的是陆菲青，微微一笑，道：“好剑！”陈正德红起了眼，扑上去要和他拼斗。陆菲青笑道：“秃兄，你不认得小弟了吗？” 陈正德一呆，向他凝视片刻，突然惊叫：“啊，你是绵里针。”陆菲青笑道：“正是小弟。”陈正德道：“你怎么在这里？”陆菲青不答他问话，插剑入鞘，回身向关明梅一揖，道：“大嫂，多年不见，你功夫越来越俊啦！”关明梅喜叫：“陆大哥！” 原来陆菲青在第十一层上守御，见天山双鹰攻上，二人生具异相，虽然多年不见，仍是一眼即知。陆菲青和他们夫妻相交有素，知二人是侠士高人，决不会给清廷做走狗，何以拼命向监禁乾隆之处攻来，必有原因，决定躲起来看个究竟，因此关明梅闯到第十一层时无人阻截。他见关明梅剑刺乾隆，和陈家洛等说明误会，就比众人先一步上了第十三层，躲在梁上。他轻功卓绝，陈正德和无尘又斗得激烈，都没留心。他见两人奋力相拼，时刻久了必有损伤，是以全神贯注，俟机解围。 陈正德道：“哼，陆老弟，你的剑真是宝物！”陆菲青知道此老火气极大，笑道：“这是别人的东西，暂且放在我这里的。”原来这便是张召重的凝碧剑，骆冰在狮子峰上取来后交给了总舵主。陈家洛以这是武当派历代相传的名剑，转交给他。陆菲青又道：“亏得这把剑好，否则两大高手斗在一起，天下又有哪一人拆解得开？”这句话把陈正德和无尘两人一捧，两人心气顿和。陆菲青道：“不打不成相识，陈大哥，我给你引见引见。”于是从陈家洛起，逐一引见了。 陆菲青道：“我只道你们两位在天山脚下安享清福，哪知赶到了江南来杀皇帝。”关明梅道：“你们都见过小徒霍青桐，这事就由她身上而起。皇帝派兵去打回部，青桐的爸爸木卓伦领兵抵抗，敌不过清兵人多，连吃了几个败仗。后来清兵的粮饷在黄河边上给人劫了……”陆菲青插嘴道：“那便是红花会的各位英雄，为了相助木卓伦老英雄而劫的。” 关明梅道：“嗯，在回部时我也听人说起过。”望了陈家洛一眼，道：“怪不得她送这短剑给你。”陈家洛道：“那是在此之前，木卓伦老英雄率众夺还经书，我们在途中遇到了。”关明梅道：“夺还经书，你们也帮过忙的。回人说起来，把你们说成个个是大英雄，哼！”言下之意，是说今日相见，却也不见得如何高明，又道：“清兵没粮草，败了一仗，木卓伦便提和议，双方正在停战商谈，哪知兆惠得了粮草，又即进攻。” 陆菲青道：“朝廷官兵原本不守信义。”关明梅道：“回部百姓给清兵害得很惨，木卓伦老英雄抵敌不住，邀我们去商量。我们夫妇本来并不想理会这种事……”陈正德插门道：“都是你，现下又来撇清。”关明梅道：“怎么都是我？你瞧着清兵在回部杀人放火、残害百姓，心里安么？”陈正德“哼”了一声，又要接嘴。陆菲青笑道：“你们老夫妻还是这么一副脾气，一说话就吵嘴，也不怕年轻人笑话。大嫂，莫理他，你说下去。” 关明梅向丈夫白了一眼，说道：“我们本想去刺杀统兵的兆惠，后来一想，杀了这个什么狗诚定边大将军，皇帝又可另派一个，杀来杀去没什么用，不如把皇帝杀了来得直截了当。于是便赶去北京，路上得到消息说皇帝到了江鹵。靠了那几条狗，我们老夫妻在杭州追踪了大半夜。原来你们是从地道里把皇帝抓走的，害得我们一路跟踪，也钻了一回地道。我们正自奇怪，皇帝为什么大发雅兴，要钻地道。”陈正德道：“什么？皇帝是你们抓来的？”陈家洛把捉到乾隆之事简略说了。 陈正德道：“这一手做得不坏，只是不够爽快，何必饿他？一刀杀了，岂不干净利落？”无尘冷冷地道：“国家大事，岂是一刀一剑就能办得了的。”陈正德怒道：“道长剑术高明之极，咱们还没分高下，道长如有兴致，再来玩玩如何？”无尘道：“瞧你这大把年纪，还没你徒弟霍青桐这女娃子有见识。咱们是自己人，何必再打？”关明梅笑道：“你瞧，我说你糊涂，你从来不服。现下人家也说你来着，怎么样？”眼见老夫妻又要抬起杠来。陈正德道：“就算我没见识。”转身又对无尘道：“咱们又不是拼命，比试一下剑法打什么紧？你剑法确是不错，那叫什么名堂，倒要请教。” 陆菲青怕两人说僵了再动手，伤了和气，忙插嘴道：“你的剑法叫做三分剑术，道长的叫做追魂夺命剑，都是震古烁今的绝技。”陈正德道：“也未必能将人追去了魂，夺得了命。” 无尘本来瞧在陆菲青分上比他一步，哪知这老头十分好胜，简直不通情理，听了这几句话心头火起，说道：“好吧，那么咱们再来比比。我输了以后终身不再用剑。”群雄一听，都待出言劝解，陈正德说道：“我们夫妇离开回部时，说过杀不了皇帝决不回去，既然你们不让杀，那也得拿点本领出来，叫人心服了才算。道长肯赐教，那是再好没有。我输了转身就走，决不再来行刺。”语声方毕，已从关明梅手中夺过剑来。 陈家洛走上一步，长揖到地，说道：“无尘道长虽然剑法精妙绝伦，但火候总还逊老前辈一筹。大家有目共睹，何必再比？” 陈正德傲然道：“陈总舵主你又何必客气？你师父是世外高人，不屑跟我们凡夫俗子动手，我只好向你领教了。我先请道长赐教，再请你教训教训我这老头子如何？”众人都觉这个老头儿委实不近人情，却不知他和天池怪侠袁士霄素有心病，一直耿耿于怀，因此一口气发作在陈家洛身上。陈家洛忍气道：“我更不是老前辈的对手了。我恩师平时常对晚辈说起天山双鹰，他是十分佩服的。” 陈正德一指关明梅，怒道：“你师父佩服的是她，不是我。”关明梅叫道：“当着这许多新朋友，你又喝什么干醋了？”群雄相顾愕然。陆菲青笑道：“秃兄，你们两夫妻都是六十开外的人啦，这件事吵了几卜年还没吵完吗？” 陈正德横性发作，须眉俱张，忽然如一枝箭般从窗中直蹿出去，叫道：“小道士，不出来的不算好汉。” 红花会群雄都觉陈正德未免欺人太甚。杨成协道：“可惜四哥不在这里，否则定可和他斗上一斗。”无尘听了这一句激将之言，忍无可忍，叫道：“三弟，把剑给我。”这时赵半山已从下面上来，把剑递了给他，低声道：“二哥，要顾全咱们和木卓伦、霍青桐的交情。”无尘点点头，挺剑跃出窗去。 塔下的清兵见塔角上有人，甲已箭如飞螅般射将上来。无尘道：“咱们到下面去打，在箭丛里较量一下如何？”陈正德哪肯示弱，道：“好极啦！”双脚一挺，头下脚上，直扑下去，从第十三层顶扑到第六层，左手在塔檐上一扳，已在第五层塔角上立定。他外号秃鹫，轻身功夫自是高明之极，这一扑一翻，当真如一头大鹫相似。塔中群雄齐声喝彩。塔下清兵箭射得密了。陈正德竟不回头，持剑拨箭，仰视无尘动静。 无尘双脚并拢，右手贴腿，如一根木棍般笔直堕下。塔下清兵齐声呐喊，纷纷让开。无尘堕到第五层时仍未止住，眼见要向第四层噴去，突然右臂平伸，剑锋已在塔檐上平平贴住，手一使劲，赵半山那柄纯钢剑剑身柔韧，反弹起来。他一借劲，已站在第五层上。 陈正德见他这手功夫中轻功、内力、剑法、胆识，无一不是生平罕见，哪里敢有半点轻忽，待他站定，说道：“进招了！”剑走偏锋，斜刺左肩。 清兵见两人拼斗，只道其中必有一个是自己人，怕有误伤，当下停弓不射。无尘道：“咱们各掷一箭，引他们放箭！”陈正德道：“好！”两人各从塔顶捡起一枝箭，以甩手箭手法甩了下去，射伤了两名兵卒。塔下清兵高声呐喊，千箭齐发。 这时离地已近，每一箭射中都时致命，两人攻防相斗，同时拨打下面射上来的箭枝，如此比武町说从所未有，群雄都奔到第六层观看。关明梅暗暗担忧，心想这道人剑法狠辣异常，丈夫年事已高，耳目已不如昔日灵便，平地斗剑决无疏虞，现下身处高塔，清兵箭如骤咐，实是凶险万分，手中暗扣三粒铁莲子，站在窗口相护。 两人在箭雨中斗得激烈，连在第十二层上肴守乾隆的常氏双侠也忍不住探首窗外，向下观战。两人各捤住了乾隆的一只手，防他逃走。乾隆双手柔软细嫩，给常氏兄弟这对精擅黑沙掌的粗手巨掌握住了，总算他兄弟不使劲力，否则一捏之下，乾隆手骨粉碎，从此再也不能做诗题字，天下精品书両，名胜佳地，倒可少遭无数劫难。此时乾隆虽知来了救兵，但自己身在红花会手中，倘若他们败了，恼羞成怒，说不定会给自己一刀，心想宁可让红花会得胜，听陈家洛口气，定可释放自己。 塔角上双剑于万箭攒射中狠斗，胜负难决。陈家洛大叫：“两位剑法神妙，不必再比了。”两人斗得正紧，哪里停得住手？陈正德心想：“这道人剑法果然高明，看来我无法取胜。”他逞强好胜，缓缓移动脚步，面向东方，背朝塔下清兵，这显是十分不利的地位。口光耀眼，受箭又多，心想只须打成平手，无形中已然胜了对方。 无尘见他故意抢占恶劣地势，已知他用意，心道：“你自讨苦吃，可莫怪我无情。”使出追魂夺命剑中上八路剑法，专刺他面目咽喉，剑尖映日，耀眼生花。陈正德连拆三剑，暗叫不妙，忽听背后呼呼数声，六七枝箭射了上来。陈正德矮身低头，一剑“平沙落雁”，疾刺无尘右臂，问时那些箭枝也向无尘射来。 无尘剑拨箭杆，左腿疾起，向陈正德太阳穴踢去。陈正德不知他腿上功夫如此精妙，吃了一惊，吸一口气，倒退一步，正在此时，忽然一枝箭劲急异常，突向他背后射到。这箭是清宫侍卫中高手所发，来得劲急，他向后疾退，恰是以背迎敌。关明梅叫声：“啊哟！”发铁莲子救援已然不及，群雄也齐声惊呼。 无尘忽施“马面掷叉”绝技，长剑脱手，把那枝箭碰歪，长剑和箭枝同时向塔下跌去。群雄喘了门气，刚要喝彩，下面又射来数箭，无尘手中没剑，无法拨打，只得闪避。关明梅铁莲子发出，打落三箭，陈正德也回身拨打。两人本来狠命厮拼，这时却互相救援，塔下官兵大为不解。 白振见无尘手中没了兵器，他在两湖中较艺曾输在这道人手上，心中记恨，叫箭手齐射无坐。一时羽箭蝗集。无尘东躲西避，闹了个手忙脚乱。陈正德叫道：“别怕，我给你挡住！”挺剑上来，正要拨打，忽然第六层窗门中飞身纵出一人，抢在其前，尚未立定，转瞬间双手已接住十几枝羽箭，使开甩手箭手法，掷箭出去击打来箭，手法奇妙，快速已极，随来随接，随接随掷，竟无一箭落空，一个人便似生了几十条手臂一般。 塔下清兵看得呆了，都停了放箭。杨成协俯身大叫：“今日叫你们见见千臂如来的手段！”清兵队中兵将侍卫衷心佩服，彩声如雷。赵半山微笑抱拳，躬身答谢。众官兵见他风度如此，更是情不自禁地鼓掌。 三人纵身跃人塔中，群雄都过来道贺。陈氏夫妇这时才真心钦佩无尘、赵半山的武功，对无尘舍己救敌的侠义心肠尤为敬服。众人互相谦让赞誉了几句，塔下清兵鼓噪又起。徐天宏道：“我去叫皇帝压服他们。”说罢飞步上楼。 过了半晌，只见乾隆从第七层窗口探出头来，叫道：“我在这里。” 白振叫道：“皇上在塔上。”率领众人，伏地高呼：“万岁！”乾隆叫道：“我在这里有事，你们别吵！”隔了一会，又道：“各人退后三十步！”李可秀奉旨，勒兵后退。 陈家洛笑道：“七哥指挥皇帝，皇帝指挥官兵，这比冲下去大杀一阵好得多啦。皇帝者，天下之至宝也，与其杀之，不如用之。”群雄听得陈家洛掉文，尽皆大笑。 卫春华望着清兵后退，见队伍中有几名猎户牵着猎狗，说道：“我正想不通他们怎会找到这里，原来他们也带了狗。”从小头冃手中接过弓箭，弯弓搭箭，居高临下，嗖嗖两箭向塔下射去，只听得几声长嗥，两条狗被射死在地。清兵发一声喊，退得更快。 陈家洛向陆菲青道：“陆周两位前辈，请你们陪陈老前辈、关老前辈说话，我上去和皇帝再谈。”众人都道：“总舵主请便。”他上楼时红花会群雄都站起来相送，陆周两人也欠身为礼。陈正德和关明梅坐着不动，但见陈家洛形容清贵、丰神俊雅，年纪又轻，群豪对他却都执礼甚恭，颇以为异。
陈家洛走到第七层上，常氏双侠和徐天宏行礼退出。乾隆怅然若失，闷坐椅上。陈家洛道：“你打足了主意没有？”乾隆道：“我既落入你手里，要杀便杀，何必多说？”陈家洛叹道：“可惜，可惜！”乾隆道：“可惜什么？”陈家洛道：“我一向以为你是个雄才大略之人，庆幸我爸爸姆妈生了你这好儿子，我有一个好哥哥，哪知道……”乾隆问道：“哪知道怎样？” 陈家洛沉吟半晌，道：“哪知外表似乎颇有胆量，内里却是胆小万分。”乾隆怒道：“我什么地方胆小了？”陈家洛道：“不怕死，那最容易不过了。匹夫之勇，有什么可贵？可是图大事、决大疑，却非大勇者所不能为。这个你就不能了。” 乾隆怫然而起，道：“天下建大功、立大业之事，有没有被人胁逼而成的？” 陈家洛道：“当年唐高祖在太原起事之初，犹豫不决，他儿子李世民多方部署，令他迫于情势，不得不从。宋太祖如无陈桥兵变，岂有黄袍加身？这两位开国之主虽受儿子或部下所迫，不得不冒险自立，终成大事，但后世何尝不对他们景仰拜服？”乾隆沉吟不语，颇为心动。陈家洛又道：“何况哥哥你才能远胜李渊、赵匡胤。只要你决心恢复汉家天下，我们这许多草莽豪杰立时听你指挥。我可拍胸担保，他们从此决不敢对你有丝毫不敬，不尽为臣之道。” 乾隆不住点头，心下尚有一份顾虑，却是不便出口。陈家洛猜到他心意，说道：“我只要见哥哥把胡虎赶